World Geography Ch.4 Lesson 1&2

Question 1

What monotheistic religion came first?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 2

An ethnic group is made up of people who share

Accepted Answer

a common language, history, or place of orgin.

Question 3

What are the 3 major monotheistic religions of the world, in order?

Accepted Answer

Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Question 4

The belief in one God is called monotheism. True or False?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

What is a result of the industrial revolution?

Accepted Answer

People migrated from rural areas to bigger cities in search of jobs

Question 6

How have cultural contacts, such as the Internet, affected the world's cultures?

Accepted Answer

by promoting cultural change

Question 7

Which of the following is considered an element of culture?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 8

Oligarchy → A government ruled by a king or a queen.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

What is a culture hearth?

Accepted Answer

centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding are

Question 10

A government ruled by a king or queen

Accepted Answer

Monarchy

Question 11

What are some challenges due to population growth?

Accepted Answer

Not enough food

Question 12

Which of the following is a good example of a dictatorship?

Accepted Answer

North Korea

Question 13

What is a culture hearth?

Accepted Answer

centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding are

Question 14

The people elect leaders (representatives) to create laws.

Accepted Answer

Republic

Question 15

Which describes zero population growth? (Zero meaning the population isn’t growing)

Accepted Answer

birthrate is higher than death rate by zero percent

Question 16

What is the growth of population in cities and the resulting changes called?

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 17

Groups of languages that have similar roots are known as

Accepted Answer

language famlies

Question 18

What is cultural diffusion?

Accepted Answer

the spread of knowledge between cultures

Question 19

Dictatorship → A ruler who has complete power over a country

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What does doubling time mean?

Accepted Answer

the time it will take for a country to double in size

Question 21

What had the most influence on the rise of civilizations from culture hearths?

Accepted Answer

Agricultural Revolution

Questions 21